PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ronnie White (ranked 2100 p4p, 226 weight class) and Ricardinho Vieira (ranked 1886 p4p, 210 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think White might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to The Bleeding. Ronnie White is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

White
vs
Vieira

164 cm
21
177 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

177 cm
22
178 lbs
6 - 6 - 1

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Zenith Nutrition (160q/$200)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ronnie White!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ricardinho Vieira!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Winston Howard and Ron Honeybunn.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vieira scores with a nice strike.
White wants to clinch.

White fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Vieira, pushing him back against the cage.
Vieira is looking for a takedown.
White working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Vieira decides to pull guard.

White avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
White seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Vieira keeping moving, preventing White from controlling successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
White distracts Vieira with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
White wants to get up but he can't break Vieira's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vieira looking for a sweep. Not yet Vieira, not yet.
White throwing strikes from guard but Vieira blocks nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
White is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Vieira utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Vieira wants to sweep but no luck.
Vieira has momentary wrist control but White slips an elbow through the middle.
Vieira tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Vieira had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. White defends it easily.

Vieira is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and White defends well.
White postures up and lands a big shot to Vieira's brow.
White distracts Vieira with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
White has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Vieira has momentary wrist control but White slips an elbow through the middle.
White postures up and lands a big shot to Vieira's brow.

Vieira is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. White is aware though and is defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White wanted to stand there but Vieira had control of the position.
White pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Vieira is keeping the position for now.
Vieira has a closed guard, preventing White from standing up.
White scoring with punches to the head and body.
White is looking to stand up but Vieira won't let him.
White trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
White won't allow Vieira to sweep him here.
White connects with a couple of short punches.

Vieira is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. White is aware though and is defending well.
White looking to pass the guard.
White wants to control from the top but Vieira keeps moving.

Vieira is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and White defends well.
Vieira keeping moving, preventing White from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Vieira has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but White can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
White landing with the ground and pound.

White avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells White's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Vieira keeping moving, preventing White from controlling successfully.

Vieira is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
White has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
White trying to control but Vieira is working from the bottom.

Vieira is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and White defends well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White working some strikes from top position.
White lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

Vieira looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
White cracks Vieira with a solid left hand.
White trying to control but Vieira is working from the bottom.
White postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Vieira seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.

Vieira looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Vieira has a closed guard, preventing White from standing up.
White content to stall in guard here.
White landing some decent shots from guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ronnie White dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

White tries to clinch but Vieira moves away

and Vieira counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Vieira.
Vieira working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Ronnie White overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
White working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Vieira.
Vieira stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. White swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Vieira thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Vieira won't allow White to sweep him here.
White is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Vieira can do to turn this around?
Vieira makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vieira trying to control the position from guard on top but White is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Vieira passes White's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
White wants to get back to full guard.
Vieira trying to mount his opponent but White defends it.
White avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Vieira.
White is looking to improve his position.

Vieira is trying to work for a kimura but White is defending well.
Vieira thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

White is looking to regain full guard. He's left an arm up in the air though and Vieira has latched onto it... Big trouble! Vieira pivots for an armbar - it's in tight and it White is tapping in no time flat! Great counter grappling there from Vieira!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ricardinho Vieira!